وَمَا And not wamā equal yastawī (are) the blind l-aʿmā and the seeing wal-baṣīru
Not equal are the blind and the seeing,
وَلَا And not walā the darkness[es] l-ẓulumātu and not walā [the] light l-nūru
Nor are the darknesses and the light,
وَلَا And not walā the shade l-ẓilu and not walā the heat l-ḥarūru
Nor are the shade and the heat,1
وَمَا And not wamā equal yastawī (are) the living l-aḥyāu and not walā the dead l-amwātu Indeed inna Allah l-laha causes to hear yus'miʿu whom man He wills yashāu and not wamā you anta can make hear bimus'miʿin (those) who man (are) in fī the graves l-qubūri
And not equal are the living and the dead. Indeed, Allāh causes to hear whom He wills, but you cannot make hear those in the graves.1
إِنْ Not in you (are) anta but illā a warner nadhīrun
You, [O Muḥammad], are not but a warner.
إِنَّآ Indeed, We innā [We] have sent you arsalnāka with the truth bil-ḥaqi (as) a bearer of glad tidings bashīran and (as) a warner wanadhīran And not wa-in (was) any min nation ummatin but illā had passed khalā within it fīhā a warner nadhīrun
Indeed, We have sent you with the truth as a bringer of good tidings and a warner. And there was no nation but that there had passed within it a warner.
وَإِن And if wa-in they deny you yukadhibūka then certainly faqad denied kadhaba those who alladhīna (were) before them min (were) before them qablihim Came to them jāathum their Messengers rusuluhum with clear signs bil-bayināti and with Scriptures wabil-zuburi and with the Book wabil-kitābi [the] enlightening l-munīri
And if they deny you - then already have those before them denied. Their messengers came to them with clear proofs and written ordinances and with the enlightening Scripture.
ثُمَّ Then thumma I seized akhadhtu those who alladhīna disbelieved kafarū and how fakayfa was kāna My rejection nakīri
Then I seized the ones who disbelieved, and how [terrible] was My reproach.
أَلَمْ Do not alam you see tara that anna Allah l-laha sends down anzala from mina the sky l-samāi water māan then We bring forth fa-akhrajnā therewith bihi fruits thamarātin (of) various mukh'talifan [their] colors alwānuhā And in wamina the mountains l-jibāli (are) tracts judadun white bīḍun and red waḥum'run (of) various mukh'talifun [their] colors alwānuhā and intensely black wagharābību and intensely black sūdun
Do you not see that Allāh sends down rain from the sky, and We produce thereby fruits of varying colors? And in the mountains are tracts, white and red of varying shades and [some] extremely black.
وَمِنَ And among wamina men l-nāsi and moving creatures wal-dawābi and the cattle wal-anʿāmi (are) various mukh'talifun [their] colors alwānuhu likewise kadhālika Only innamā fear yakhshā Allah l-laha among min His slaves ʿibādihi those who have knowledge l-ʿulamāu Indeed inna Allah l-laha (is) All-Mighty ʿazīzun Oft-Forgiving ghafūrun
And among people and moving creatures and grazing livestock are various colors similarly. Only those fear Allāh, from among His servants, who have knowledge. Indeed, Allāh is Exalted in Might and Forgiving.
إِنَّ Indeed inna those who alladhīna recite yatlūna (the) Book kitāba (of) Allah l-lahi and establish wa-aqāmū the prayer l-ṣalata and spend wa-anfaqū out of what mimmā We have provided them razaqnāhum secretly sirran and openly waʿalāniyatan hope yarjūna (for) a commerce tijāratan never lan it will perish tabūra
Indeed, those who recite the Book of Allāh and establish prayer and spend [in His cause] out of what We have provided them, secretly and publicly, [can] expect a transaction [i.e., profit] that will never perish -
لِيُوَفِّيَهُمْ That He may give them in full liyuwaffiyahum their rewards ujūrahum and increase for them wayazīdahum of min His Bounty faḍlihi Indeed, He innahu (is) Oft-Forgiving ghafūrun Most Appreciative shakūrun
That He may give them in full their rewards and increase for them of His bounty. Indeed, He is Forgiving and Appreciative.1